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Singapore-based paedophile Boris Kunsevitsky who abused dozens of boys across Asia kept photos in file called ‘Jailbait’

  • Boris Kunsevitsky, 52, admits preying on children in the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia
  • He was active from the early 2000s until his eventual arrest in 2017, after one of his victims came forward

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Boris Kunsevitsky was arrested by Australian police in 2017. Photo: Facebook
A paedophile based in Singapore accused of sexually abusing over 40 young boys across Southeast Asia over two decades was caught after police found thousands of digital images and videos, most stored in a folder called “Jailbait”.
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Boris Kunsevitsky, 52, preyed on children in the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia from the early 2000s to his eventual arrest in 2017, records from the Supreme Court of Victoria show.

The heavily redacted documents provided to the South China Morning Post by the court list all 59 charges that Kunsevitsky pleaded guilty to. They include maintaining a sexual relationship with a child, engaging in sexual intercourse with a child outside Australia, inducing a child to engage in sex with another child, and child pornography charges.

Of the charges, 47 pertain to individual victims with 25 being children outside Australia – five from Singapore, one from Indonesia and the rest from the Philippines.

“[He] travelled regularly to the Philippines and to Indonesia, with most of the offending occurring in the Philippines. Often his trips to these Asian countries were brief and the arrival date coincided with the commencement of the offending,” prosecutor Krista Breckweg was quoted as saying in the court transcript dated May 20.

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Kunsevitsky abused children in the Philippines, among other places in Southeast Asia. Photo: Handout
Kunsevitsky abused children in the Philippines, among other places in Southeast Asia. Photo: Handout
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